[fpc-pascal] FormatSettings not updated in Linux

[Jonas Maebe]

On 02/01/15 13:35, Giuliano Colla wrote:
> Contrary to what written in docs, DefaultFormatSettings aren't adjusted
> to the current locale in Linux at the startup of an application both on
> fpc 2.6.4 and on fpc 2.7.1.

Where is this written? At least
http://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/defaultformatsettings.html
doesn't say anything like that.

> One is forced to explicitly add "clocale" in the uses section of the
> application, in order to get the proper locale settings.
> Did someone forget to add cloclale to the uses section of
> /rtl/unix/sysutils.pp or there's another reason for this?

The reason is that by design, FPC-compiled programs for Linux do not
depend on libc and clocale introduces a dependency on libc. It's the
same reason why you have to use the cthreads unit to get a functional
thread manager under Linux.


Jonas